Let us be clear: armed soldiers should not be policing American citizens on American soil. Instead of making DC more secure, it undermines public safety and endangers our democracy. It’s DC today, but the same dangerous strategy can be deployed to occupy any American community.

The picture making rounds in the ME today. #European weakness & helplessness on full display!

Pete Hegseth’s expansive security requirements tax Army protective unit With Tara Copp Alex Horton and others washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

So a total of zero concessions by Putin in Alaska after all.

Remember the time Trump put Barack Obama's address on Truth Social and one of his mentally ill Jan6er rubes started stalking Kalorama w/a van full of weapons? @repluna DID NOTHING about the fact that Trump put Obama at grave risk.

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A thoughtful statement respectful of the #RuleofLaw and yet realistic about the current "redistricting" Our Response to Mid-Decade Redistricting commoncause.org/articles/our-r…

They're making another hype video, that's what this is for. Count the photographers and cameras and phones, the ones inside security are all Trump people, not press, and there are a bunch of them. This whole occupation is just one big photo op to JD Vance and Stephen Miller

Some facts for the ‘debate’ over DC crime response

NEW: The law firms Paul Weiss and Kirkland and Ellis -- that both made deals with Trump earlier this year to head off potentially crippling executive orders -- are doing free legal work for Trump's Commerce Department. w/Maggie Haberman Matthew Goldstein nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/…

Overnight, Russian missiles attacked one of the largest American investments in Ukraine – Flex – an active member of the American Chamber of Commerce. Russia continues to destroy and humiliate US businesses in Ukraine, targeting companies that invest and trade on the US stock

Finland deeply regrets the new sanctions imposed by the US against the judges and deputy prosecutors of the International Criminal Court. The ICC must be able to fulfill its mandate effectively, without restrictions. Judicial and prosecutorial independence of the ICC is crucial.

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The killing in Gaza continues. Yesterday, August 20, the Israeli military killed 70 people, 18 of whom were waiting for humanitarian aid. ישראל ממשיכה את ההרג בעזה. אתמול, 20.8, הצבא הישראלי הרג 70 בני אדם - מתוכם 18 בעת שחיכו לסיוע הומניטרי

Thanks for a great piece about #backroomdealsinourbackyards The New Press

This is… right by where the D.C. National Guard is based.

Former Republican Party chair👇

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Former Republican member of Congress and Justice Dept official:

Rep. Summer Lee says House Dems reviewed the Epstein files provided by DOJ to the Oversight Committee and found they were 97% "recycled" material that is already public. The 3% that's new? CBP flight logs of Epstein's plane from 2000-2014.